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We Are Marshall (2006)

We Are Marshall poster
Directed by
McG
Genre
drama film, American football film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 04m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 799 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A football team is destroyed in a plane crash. The university president and a new coach try to rebuild the program and help the grieving community heal.

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What happens

We Are Marshall is a 2006 American biographical sports drama film directed by McG. It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people: 37 players of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters, and the airplane crew of five. Matthew McConaughey stars as head coach Jack Lengyel, with Matthew Fox as assistant coach William "Red" Dawson, David Strathairn as university president Donald Dedmon, and Robert Patrick as ill-fated Marshall head coach Rick Tolley. Then-governor of Georgia Sonny Perdue has a cameo role as an East Carolina University football coach. It was scored by Christophe Beck and written by Jamie Linden. The film addressed rebuilding the program and the healing that the community undergoes. Dr. H. Keith Spears was the Marshall University consultant. We Are Marshall was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 22, 2006. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $43.5 million against a $65 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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